Which record label did Coldplay sign with in April 1999?

Coldplay signed with Parlophone in April 1999.

The deal marked the band’s move from promising independent releases toward a major-label career. Coldplay had first built attention through the self-released Safety EP and then the Brothers & Sisters EP, issued by the independent label Fierce Panda. As interest grew, the group chose Parlophone, an EMI label known for artists including Radiohead and Blur.

The record deal was signed in London in April 1999, with accounts placing the signing at Trafalgar Square. Around the same period, Coldplay also completed publishing contracts in an unusual setting: on pedal boats in Hyde Park’s Serpentine Lake. These separate details are sometimes blended together, which can make the early history seem contradictory.

Parlophone released The Blue Room EP later in 1999, making it Coldplay’s first release for the label. The partnership continued into the band’s breakthrough debut album, Parachutes, released in 2000 in the United Kingdom. The main mix-up in this question is Fierce Panda: it released an early Coldplay EP, but Parlophone was the label the band signed with in April 1999.